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..To detect anti-HIV antibodies in cervicovaginal secretions of HIV-seronegative female sex workers and to evaluate whether the presence of these antibodies is associated with increased sexual exposure...

..To investigate epidemiological patterns and trends of HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people aged 15-24 years in the nine countries in southern Africa most affected by the HIV epidemic...

..The importance of having comparable country-specific estimates of HIV/AIDS is growing as estimates are used to determine how international resources to fight HIV/AIDS will be allocated to countries...

..The mid-2005 estimate of 970,000 people receiving ART in low- and middle-income countries (with an uncertainty range 840,000-1,100,000) corresponds to a coverage of 15% of people in need of treatment...

Estimates of HIV-1 prevalence from national population-based surveys as a new gold standard

..The comparison of surveillance data with financial data provides added insights in the adequacy of the response. These findings and experiences set a new agenda for technical and structural directions to improve data use in countries...

..Analyses suggest that if the successes achieved in some countries in prevention of transmission can be expanded to a global scale by 2005, about 29 million new infections could be prevented by 2010...

AIDS in Africa

Peter D GhysLancet 360:1425; author reply 1425. 2002

Assessment of the validity of and adherence to sexually transmitted infection algorithms at a female sex worker clinic in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

..To review the available data relating to child mortality in Africa by the HIV infection status of mothers and children...

Integrating HIV prevention and treatment: from slogans to impact

Joshua A SalomonHarvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USAPLoS Med 2:e16. 2005

..In this paper, we quantify the opportunities and potential risks of large-scale treatment roll-out...

New strategies for HIV surveillance in resource-constrained settings: an overview

..Thus, greater spending on prevention now would not only prevent more than half the new infections that would occur from 2005 to 2015 but would actually produce a net financial saving as future costs for treatment and care are averted...

Testing the accuracy of demographic estimates in countries with generalized epidemics